"Oh, look, he's coming to." Hey. He knew that voice. He opened one eye. A very pretty face looked into his own.

"Janet," Daniel croaked. "What happened?"

She smiled at him, pleased to see that he was so alert. "Well, you guys were long overdue to check in. So, General Hammond opened the gate and tried to contact you guys. When that didn't work, he sent a MALP through, to boost the signal. The MALP saw that the four of you were lying near the stargate, unconscious. He sent SG-4 to go and get you."

Daniel blinked. He remembered feeling very, very tired, but he knew that he wasn't anywhere near his other teammates, and he certainly hadn't been near the gate. "How did we get there?"

"We were hoping you could tell us, Daniel."

Daniel was even more bewildered than he was. "I have no idea." Something occurred to him. "Where's Jack, Sam and Teal'c?" he asked her, hoping they weren't hurt.

She smiled again, unhooking him from some of her machines. "Well, Teal'c woke up about three hours ago. He's in his quarters, catching up on sleep. Colonel O'Neill only just woke up about 10 minutes ago, but Sam is still out." She frowned. "I think she may have a slight concussion. There's some definite bruising around her right temple. But I think she'll be fine. She's in an isolation room. Colonel O'Neill is with her. He's not talking about what happened."

That worried Daniel. He was pretty certain that the Sirens would have shown him Charlie, and they all knew how much Jack loved his boy. Who knew what would have happened, if, say, one of them got between him and Charlie? "Can I go see them?" Really, he was more worried about Jack than Sam. She'd had much more serious injuries in the past. Jack's pain was deeper.

Dr Fraiser sighed. "You're still pretty weak, Daniel. But, I'll let you go see her, as long as you're in a wheelchair. Colonel O'Neill is, too," she added, in case he was about to complain.

Daniel didn't really care. He just wanted to see his friends. "Fine, that's fine. Thank you, Janet."

By the time they had gotten Daniel into his chair, Teal'c had joined him. He pushed his friend down the hall, listening as Daniel explained his part of the adventure. "…So I stuffed some earplugs in my ears, tried to tell Sam what was happening over my radio even though I wouldn't be able to hear her if she responded, and started looking for a way out." He craned his neck back to look at Teal'c. "What happened to you?"

The Jaffa remained expressionless, despite the painful memories surging within his mind. "I saw Drey'auc. She was leading me out of the caves. Then, I believe that Major Carter must have zatted me, for I awoke a few hours later, bound, with foam in my ears, sitting against the wall. I managed to get to my knife and cut myself free. I then began searching for the stargate."

Daniel could sympathize with Teal'c's pain – after all, he'd seen his dead wife, too. "I'm sorry, Teal'c," Daniel said. Teal'c just put a warm hand on Daniel's shoulder – there was no need for words.

Teal'c wheeled Daniel into the isolation room. Jack was in a wheelchair beside Sam, holding her hand and stroking her hair. She was still unconscious.

"Hey, Jack," Daniel said comfortingly as Teal'c pushed him around to the other side of Sam's bed. "What happened with you?" Even though he was pretty sure what had happened, he still wanted to know.

Jack looked up, his eyes haunted. "I saw Charlie, Daniel. He was leading me to safety. But, then Sam came and – the Charlie illusion told me she wasn't real. He told me to protect him. I - I hit her, Daniel," he said, pain in every word. "I hit her hard. She still hasn't woken up yet. What if I-" he broke off, looking down at Samantha.

Daniel stared at Jack till he looked back up at him. "Jack, it wasn't your fault. Sam had to shoot Teal'c to make him wake up," he said, glancing back at the big Jaffa.

"Really? Are you guys both alright? I asked Fraiser, she said you were fine, and I didn't want to leave Carter…" He trailed off as Sam opened her eyes. She looked right up into Jack's worried brown ones.

"Sir?" Old habits die hard.

He squeezed her hand, smiling down at her. "I'm here, Sam." He lost his smile, and looked away. "God, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I-"

"Jack." He looked back at her. "Jack, it's alright. I'm fine. I know you were under their spell. It's not your fault. Speaking of which," she looked over at Teal'c. "I'm sorry for shooting you, Teal'c, but you were kinda off in your own little world."

He nodded to her, and attempted a smile. "It is alright, Major Carter. Thank you for stopping me."

She grinned back. "Anytime."

Daniel cleared his throat. "So, um, Sam, what exactly happened? I mean, okay, the Sirens sang a song that made all of us guys see past loved ones, and it didn't affect you, but what did you about that?"

Sam grinned up at him, and they all settled in to hear her story. Hammond came in halfway, and she had to start all over again. The men each added their own parts to it, and when they were done he said that that served as their briefing, they could all go home when Dr Fraiser cleared them.

They were all ready to head home – Sam had been cleared by Janet, but Jack was gonna stay with her for a few days, just to make sure she was okay. They were all walking towards the elevator – they were taking Teal'c to O'Malley's for dinner – when Daniel stopped. "Hang on, I found this crystal in the caves, it's in my vest pocket. I'll be right back." He took off down the corridor.

Jack just shrugged and put his arm around Sam. "Hurry up, Daniel, or we'll leave without you! Teal'c gets cranky when his blood sugar's low, remember?" Teal'c cocked one eyebrow.

Five minutes later, Daniel came back. "It's not there. I checked all over," he said, puzzled.

Sam looked a little guilty. "Um, I sort of left out a little detail…"

Daniel looked at her sharply. "What?" he asked suspiciously.

"Well… When the Sirens dropped us off at the stargate, they let me wake up for a minute. They said they would return all of our stuff, if we'd return what the glassy-eyed one took. I finally figured out they meant you, Daniel, and I kind of went through all your stuff… Sorry, Daniel, but I had to!" she protested in response to his disgruntled look. "Anyway, I took it out, put it on the ground, and it just disappeared all of a sudden. Then, all of our stuff that we dropped just appeared, all around us. That's when I passed out again," she concluded.

"Oh," Daniel said, looking slightly bewildered. "But, wait. We didn't drop anything! We came back with all our weapons, and our food wrappers and stuff! What did they give back?"

Just then, a phone on the wall started ringing. The SF at the desk picked it up, listened for a moment, and handed the phone to Jack. "It's for you, Colonel."

He picked it up, and after listening to the person on the other end, turned to Carter with a smile. "It's Hammond. He wants to know why there was a huge pile of dead glow sticks beside us when they found us."